The limited tolerance of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to lignocellulosic
hydrolysate inhibitors is a key challenge to its use in biorefinery cell factories. Considerable …

The recently presented IPCC report once again urges us to intensify efforts to build a
sustainable economy. The UN also emphasizes that most of the economy still operates in a …

Isolation and introduction of genetic mutations is the primary approach to characterize gene
functions in model yeasts. Although this approach has proven very powerful, it is not …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae has immense potential as a cell factory in various
biotechnological processes where biomass from agricultural industry residues is used as …

The use of microorganisms for biotechnological processes allows the natural and
heterologous production of industrially relevant compounds. Genome editing tools are …

The impact of natural genetic variation on phenotype is difficult to measure because we only
partially understand how polymorphisms present in a population affect gene function …

Protein inclusions such as β-amyloid, tau, α-synuclein, and TDP-43 are considered the
pathologic hallmarks of many neurodegenerative diseases. These proteins are prone to …

β-carotene is a natural pigment with antioxidant properties, widely used in food and animal
feed production, pharmaceutical and beauty industries. The market demand for β-carotene …